Daphne Oram

British composer and electronic musician (1925–2003).

Born December 31st, 1925 in Devizes.

Died January 5th, 2003 at 77 years old in Maidstone Hospital.

Vaughan Jones

New zealand mathematician and fields medalist (1952–2020).

Born December 31st, 1952 in Gisborne.

Died September 6th, 2020 at 67 years old in Nashville (infection). ^[ref]

Lanoe Hawker

British world war i fighter pilot, recipient of the victoria cross. (1890–1916).

Born December 31st, 1890 in Hampshire.

Died November 23rd, 1916 at 25 years old in Bapaume.

Ibrahima Bakayoko

Ivorian and french footballer.

Born December 31st, 1976 (age 49 years) in Séguéla.

Sandy Jardine

Scottish association football player and manager (1948-2014).

Born December 31st, 1948 in Edinburgh.

Died April 24th, 2014 at 65 years old in Edinburgh (liver cancer).

Prince Friedrich Christian, Margrave of Meissen

Head of the house of wettin (1893–1968).

Born December 31st, 1893 in Dresden.

Died August 9th, 1968 at 74 years old in Samedan.

Saw Maung

Prime minister of burma (1928-1997).

Born December 31st, 1928 in Mandalay.

Died July 24th, 1997 at 68 years old in Yangon (myocardial infarction).

Didi Kempot

Indonesian singer-songwriter.

Born December 31st, 1966 in Surakarta.

Died May 5th, 2020 at 53 years old in Surakarta (cardiac arrest). ^[ref]

Alexander Bolshunov

Russian cross-country skier.

Born December 31st, 1996 (age 29 years) in Podyvotye.

Jacob Israël de Haan

Dutch lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist, novelist and poet, assassinated by the haganah (1881-1924).

Born December 31st, 1881 in Smilde.

Died June 30th, 1924 at 42 years old in Jaffa Road.